Affirmative action and minority enrollments in medical and law schools
By: Susan Welch and John Gruhl.
Contributors: Gruhl, John, 1947-
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
Subjects: Bakke, Allan Paul.; Discrimination in education -- Law and legislation -- United States.; Universities and colleges -- Admission -- Law and legislation -- United States.; Affirmative action programs in education -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Description: In this study, Susan Welch and John Gruhl look at what impact policies developed in the wake of the landmark 1978 United States Supreme Court decision, Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, have had on admissions. The Bakke decision legitimized the use of race as one of several factors that could be considered in admissions decisions, while forbidding the use of quotas.

Using the results of a survey of admissions officers for law and medical schools and national enrollment data, the authors give us the first analysis of the real impact that the Bakke decision and affirmative action programs had on enrollments in medical and law schools. The authors then review affirmative action cases and analyze the current debate over affirmative action policy in light of Bakke's effects and in light of the changing nature of American demographics and politics.

This book will appeal to scholars of race and gender in political science, sociology, and education as well as those interested in the study of affirmative action policies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-212) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Desegregation, affirmative action, and Bakke; title: The context of Bakke : resources and competition; title: Perceptions of Bakke and its impact; title: Bakke and the applicant pool; title: Bakke and admissions decisions; title: Minority enrollment and the courts.